The New Face of Fashion For Presumptive First Ladies

Maybe the game is not over after all. Even with those shiny arms exposed at every opportunity, Hillary's replacement rarely makes a fashion misstep. But when she does make one, it's a doozy.

Two days ago, I sadly gave up my Hillary watching. One day ago, I had to endure looking at a classic and elegant choice on a woman who wears clothes well. Today - heaven has repaid me for my patience.

Take one part Will And Grace

Debbie Reynolds had a recurring roleon this TV show as Grace's mother, a star of local dinner theater in upstate NY. She made her mark doing well-known plays with the lead character adapted for a woman. Notable among these were Professor Carol Hill in "The Music Person" and Millie Loman in "Death of A Saleswoman"

Add one part Thornbirds

Richard Chamberlain as naughty Father Ralph lusts after his young ward but is torn between his carnal passion and his ambition to rise in church politics. He is unable to choose between them because he wants both and neither one exactly suits him. In one scene, he is taking off his vestments after celebrating Mass and his collar, the symbol of his priesthood, gets stuck and won't come off. He furiously claws at it and calls out: "This is choking me. I can't breathe. I can't get out of this." (I paraphrase.)

And what have you got?

Michell Obama as Mother Rough

Here we see the presumptive First Lady dressed according to societal convention and someone else's expectations of what a presumptive First Lady's wardrobe should be. She angrily demands that someone get this thing off her neck or else she's going to choke somebody.

Comments

Like Theresa Heinz Kerry, Michelle Obama is not a woman accustomed to guarding her comments. I think this campaign has been hard on her & she's ready to pop a cork. But unlike Hillary, I bet she has her own cookie recipes & has used them.

My partner in podcasts see M.O. as the ultimate Angry Black Woman. Tall and slim, Harvard-educated, two cute kids, married to an upwardly-mobile man, she still always looks like someone has just told her that her car has been towed.

The Jackie O comparison has got to go.
Poor Jackie hid so many secrets-I can only imagine what is in Mrs. Obama's closet.
Besides the shift dresses of course. If she soon sports a pillbox hat we are in deep shit.,,